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The Ontario Report Card Learning Skills Section

﻿Report Card Learning Skills

The Ontario report card learning skills section is designed to outline the 6 main learning skills that students need to achieve in school, and later in life. The learning skills follow under the following headings:The following are sample behaviours which are designed to help identify strengths and support growth of those learning skills and work habits.

Collaboration· accepts various roles and an equitable share of the work within a group; · responds positively to the ideas, opinions, values, and traditions of others; · builds healthy peer relationships; · works with others to resolves conflicts and builds consensus to achieve group goals; · and shares information, resources, and expertise to solve problems and make decisions.

Organization· creates and follows a plan to complete work and tasks; · establishes priorities and manages time to achieve goals; and · gathers, evaluates and uses information, technology and resources to complete tasks.

Initiative· acts upon new ideas and opportunities for learning; · demonstrates a willingness to take risks; · demonstrates curiosity and interest in learning; · approaches new tasks with a positive attitude; · and recognizes and advocates appropriately for the rights of self and others.

Borrowed from: York Regional District School BoardLearning Skills and Work Habits BrochureFull Document

Adapted From:Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario Schools (Grades 1-12) is available at The Ontario Ministry of website at: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

A Recipe for Great Report Card Comments What kind of information must report card comments contain? How should this information be presented? When they need to start writing their report cards, teachers may feel a bit overwhelmed by the important work load they have to face, as well as the complex nature of these reports. There is a recipe for writing great report card comments, and it is easy to apply. Using a comment bank generator is the easiest way for teachers to get rid of a lot of headache, while obtaining great results in the process. It can be very tedious and even complicated to find the right words to describe each student’s behaviour in class, especially when you have to write a report for each of the over 20 students in your class. However, with the help of a report card comment bank, this job can become very easy.. Here is how these comments generators work. First, the teacher needs to introduce some information on the student’s profile, including age and gender. Then, the teacher will have to give accurate answers regarding certain learning skills for each student. Good generators do not only create report card comments for each student, but they also allow the teacher to introduce some personal notes in the beginning or the end of the report. Report cards need to be written in a positive manner, and this is something made easy by a report card comment bank. The parents do not have to feel shamed by their kids’ evolution in school. The ultimate role of these report card comments is to explain to parents where their kids excel and where they need help. As actively involved contributors to their kids’ education, parents can offer their help in improving their children’s performance in school. Teachers can also offer great suggestions in regards to how students may benefit from setting up certain goals. A report card has to leave plenty of room for improvement, and suggest how this improvement can be obtained. Student Evaluator is a comment bank generator, created according to Ontario learning skills principles, and its role is to help teachers complete their reports clearly and accurately, without wasting their time. Any Ontario teacher can appeal to this tool in order to complete his or her card comments in a simple and efficient manner. Also, the principles used by Student Evaluator can be used by teachers from all over the world, as they serve for evaluating students’ behaviour and knowledge in a general manner.